[Rhodes22-list] Robert Skinner - Leering Alert

[Brad Haslett]

Mike,

Is there a story there you need to tell?

What made me think of the idea was an incident that happened in South
Arkansas from the 70's.  A guy took off from Warren, AR and landed in Ft.
Smith after traversing the Quachita mountains. Upon landing he reported to
the authorities that somewhere en route his wife "fell out".  They never
found a body and he was never charged with a crime.

I've had a number of doors pop open over the years but never lost anything
but a map.

Brad

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> Brad,
>
> Your solution to the problem is interesting - more like keel-hauling.  As
> the father of three daughters, I may understand your position.
>
> Please note that while testing the door, you must certainly keep a tight
> lid
> on the inflight ice bucket as stray ice chunks sucked into the slipstream
> striking the craft during takeoff have been known to cause damage to the
> fuselage and may affect your ability to land, to say nothing of the effect
> of the consumption of alcohol.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>      Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:32
> AM
> > Robert,
> >
> >Dragging those who deserve being drug through the chaparral is so 90's,
> > 1890's that is.  I fixed the door on my Bonanza so it no longer pops
> open
> > on takeoff, and it only opens about two inches into the slipstream
> anyway,
> > but, with the right carelessness in latching and a combination of slow
> > flight and side slip it will open much farther.  Some experimentation
> may
> > be in
> > order to avoid having objects that are "sucked" out of the cockpit hit
> the
> > tail.
> > Perhaps just being a passenger for one of the test flights would be
> enough
> > to 'cure' most evil doers.  Ask me in a few years when my daughter
> starts
> > dating.
> >
> > Brad
> >
>
>
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